Meanings
- pluralplural of grade
- pluralplural onlyGrammar school, primary school, or the years of school prior to high school.
I planned to have each girl, as soon as she had finished the grades, spend a year at home with me. Before going on to high school my girls were to take a year off, to assume the responsibility with me as chief adviser or prime ministers.
1926, Agnes Bostonne, “A Mother's Success Depends on her Daughters”, in Relief Society Magazine
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of grade
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